Hodge, formerly the editor of Harper's Magazine, makes valid arguments about the failure of Democrats to undertake the essential liberal function of checking the excesses of capitalism.
"I think the economy is likely to be a little bit better than everybody expects, and I think it's very much a function of checks-and-balances returning on the political side," he says.
Any modelling research, in addition to its primary goal, can thus be considered to have an implicit surveillance function of checking the consistency of the 'known' facts.
Whereas most photo viewers previously offered only the self-contained functions of checking, saving, and carrying around photos taken by the user, consumers are now seeking models with the ability to share works and zoom in on particular areas of interest.
Investigators are questioning whether Enron's outside auditors and lawyers abandoned their function of providing checks and balances against corporate excess.
The data administrator performs a logic check and automatic comparison of data information using the check function of OC software, checks the result values are inconsistent with the case report forms, and checks one-by-one with the original case report forms and make corrections, so as to ensure the data in the database are consistent with the results of the case report form.
We implement the graph equality check by defining a pair of helper functions for each type of fingerprint that compute a hash code and provide a function to check equality of two AGraphML graphs respectively.
The approach followed in [11] looked at the existence of a switched quadratic Lyapunov function to check asymptotic stability of the switched system under consideration.
At any point in time, men and women on the platform can use the search function to check the number of users of each gender.
Prices, even low ones, serve another function;to check overuse of popular spots such as the Sylvania Wilderness in northern Michigan or the national forests outside Los Angeles.
The function of fact-checking sites like this and their potential value to the public sphere cannot be overstated; but their greatest importance, perhaps, lies in their ability to remind mainstream media of their primary responsibility when covering politics– providing citizens with information that allows them to make informed choices and participate in the democratic process.
